I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.
For all its ups and downs and challenges, I love writing. We only grow through adversity, so I welcome the difficulties, knowing bumps in the road are my greatest teachers.
Our teachers deserve better feedback.
People say you can't teach writing, but I think that's nonsense.
Teachers need to feel they are trusted. They must be allowed some leeway to use their imagination; otherwise, teaching loses all sense of wonder and excitement.
I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.
I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.
I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.
When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't write if you don't think they're on your side, because then you start to yell at them or preach down to them.